A parameterization of the microwave land surface emissivity between 19 and 100 GHz, anchored to satellite-derived estimates

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 344-352

  Prigent, Catherine ^a   Jaumouillé, Elodie ^a   Chevallier, Frédéric ^b   Aires, Filipe ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b INSTITUT PIERRE SIMON LAPLACE   (France)

Author keywords

Emissivity; Land surface; Microwave

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; MAPPING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SATELLITES;

LAND SURFACE; POLARIZATION DEPENDENCES;

LIGHT EMISSION;

EID: 38349192545     PISSN: 01962892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TGRS.2007.908881     Document Type: Conference Paper

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